Personal Learning Networks: How to Accelerate Your Learning and Improve Your Classroom

Innovations for Learning Conference
Dr. Justin Bathon
June 4, 2013

Short URL (to get back here - write this down):
http://go.uky.edu/NM

1. Big Picture

• What did you do last night?
  • This?
  • This?
  • This?
  • This? (okay, I'll admit I really like this one).
  • Clay Shirkey - Cognitive Surplus
    • "200 Billion Collective Hours Watching TV"
  • Could have been doing this.
  • #edtechchat
    • conversations with hundreds of educators
    • Great quotes
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• Big Shifts (from Will Richardson).
  1. Analog >>> Digital
  2. Tethered >>> Mobile
  3. Isolated >>> Connected
  4. Generic >>> Personal
  5. Consumption >>> Creation
  6. Closed >>>Open

Task: Are You Literate (according to National Council of Teachers of English).

• Take this survey.

2. What is a Personal Learning Network?

• Richardson:
  • "there is now an easy connection between a person's passion to learn something and the resources to learn it. It's called a network, and it needs to be a part of any literate adult or student life."
• Eric S. Video - http://goo.gl/5QR4I
  • Also, the guru Will Richardson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8
• Quality more important than quantity.
• Local & Onsite Networking Still a HUGE Part.

3. Creating a PLN.

• Tools
  • Twitter
  • Blogs (switch from Reader to Feedly).
    • Wordpress
    • Blogger
    • Tumblr
  • Diigo
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest
• Tips, Guides & Resources for Building Your PLN Online

4. What's Next?

• Now that you have a PLN, how about
  • your students?
  • your school?

Task: Ladder of Activity for Users of Online Social Media
1. Look at this chart.
2. Take this survey.

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